Warwickshire Youth Parliament Elections results

The results evening to announce those young people who had been elected to represent Warwickshire Youth Parliament was held at Shire Hall on Thursday 15th February.  It was attended by MP Marcus Jones, Cllr Isobel Seccombe, Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Seccombe, David Carter Joint Managing Director, Nigel Minns Strategic Director People Group and John Coleman Interim Head of Service Children and Families.

Announcements for  Members of Youth Parliament  (MYP) and Deputies 2018

For the 2018 election we had 18 candidates and 16,397 votes for MYPs  – as a % of the Young People eligible to vote this equates to = 39.1%

This is a great achievement!

The 4 young people elected as Members of the UK Youth Parliament are:

• Jessica Yang Bourne - St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton
• Thomas Thickbroom - St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton
• Mawgan Stinchcombe - Ashlawn School, Rugby
• Pauli Tritter - North Leamington School

The 4 Deputy Members of the UK Youth Parliament are:

• Saheena Dhanda - Myton School, 
  Warwick
• Sophie Sturzaker - Henley in Arden School
• Samrem Reddy - Lawrence Sheriff School
• Ajay Bawa - Campion School, Leamington

A further 15 young people were elected from the five districts to represent their locality on Vox - The County Youth Panel.

Most important issues for young people

During the voting, information is also collected on issues that are most important to young people.

12,555 young people chose the issues most important to them. The top issues identified by young people county wide are:

• Mental Health – (Services should be improved with young people’s help)
• A Curriculum to prepare us for life – (Schools should cover topics like; finance, sex and relationships, education and politics)
• Protect LGBT people – (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender young people deserve to be treated the same as everyone else, discrimination needs to be challenged)
• Votes at 16 – (Give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in all elections & referendums)
• Transport – (Make public transport cheaper, better and accessible for all)
• Work Experience - (Government should create more opportunities and an online space to help young people with this)
• Support for young carers – (Government should increase funding to support young carers)
• Services for Young People – (Increase services and opportunities for young people)